Bonus Content: Network Intelligence

Join the conversation and learn how other companies help their employees engage the outside world.Both company and employee need to look outward toward the overall environment in which they operate, especially when it comes to networks. Companies have to understand the employee’s broader place in the industry, while the employee should realize that his professional network is one of the key assets that can boost his long- term career prospects. At the same time, as part of the employer-employee alliance, the employee ought to tap his own individual network to advance their employer’s business, because who he knows in the industry can be just as valuable to the company as what he knows in terms of skills. Growing their professional networks helps employees transform their career; employee networking helps the company transform itself.﻿- Join the conversation in The Alliance's LinkedIn group.﻿

Articles of Note

How to Write a Social Media Policy to Empower EmployeesCrafting a social media policy that meets company and legal limitations, empowers employees and is short and sweet is quite an undertaking.Managing its development requires listening to a number of contributors and distilling the important parts into a short, easily understood policy that reduces risk for the company and gives employees the freedom to support the company.The new policy can be a rallying cry to help employees across the organization understand social media, increase activity and help create a more socially active company.